Artist Statement My love of photography began with photographing nature, and nature in its most minute form. I loved finding “stories” or similarities between what I saw in the bracken to what I saw in life around me. Each time I found something that moved me I’d hear a poem in my head, so I’d write it down and include it with the image. That work is now called The Poetry of Nature and represents my most early forays. For many years I spent my time lying on my stomach in the ditch, rarely looking up above the grass.

Then I moved back to Knoxville, Tennessee, and was instantly reminded of how beautifully diverse and picturesque this wonderful town is. So full of character! It has forced me to look up and out and view the world around me while standing up. It was an interesting transition for me, especially since it was so obviously what it was, and I had spent so many years making one wonder.

I still like to take an unusual approach to my work, however, providing alternate angles of consideration, closing things off to eliminate context, and finding beauty in the most run down and disheveled of places. And people, well they are fun to photograph too, and for them, I look for the place where I perceive spirit and art meet, and like I did with nature, perhaps capture a little bit of a story in the process.

I also create empowerment gifts (affirmation kits) and write children's stories focused on believing in the power within.

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